[EQ] The Future of Pensions and Healthcare in a Rapidly Ageing World - Scenarios to 2030

The Future of Pensions and Healthcare in a Rapidly Ageing World

Scenarios to 2030

World Economic Forum -  Davos, Switzerland -  January 2011

Available online PDF [117p.] at:  http://bit.ly/hRMix2

“…….This report presents three broad global scenarios on the future of pensions and healthcare. Each of these scenarios provides a very different perspective on how the various driving forces and stakeholder responses to the demographic challenge could evolve over the next two decades.

 

“….The report also includes a “deep dive” into two case study countries: Italy and China. These case studies explore in more detail how the three global scenarios could play out in specific developed and emerging economies.
Italy is an interesting case study as it has one of the oldest populations in the world due to low fertility rates and very high life expectancies.
China presents an equally interesting case as it is not only one of the world’s fastest-growing economies but also one of the fastest ageing societies due to its family planning policy. Finally, this report also presents a number of strategic options based on preliminary research and insights from leaders in the field….”

 

Contents

Executive Summary

Section 1: The Key Challenges for Pensions and Healthcare

Section 2: Scenarios to 2030

The Winners and the Rest

We Are in This Together

You Are on Your Own

Section 3: From Scenarios to Strategic Options

Section 4: Conclusion

Partners’ View

Appendices

 

Health for all is one of the World Economic Forum’s Key Issues
- Davos, Switzerland, January 2011

“….Forum focuses on three key health-related activities: advocacy, dialogue and action through partnership….”

Chronic Diseases http://www.weforum.org/issues/chronic-diseases

Jeffrey A Hubbell on regeneration Regenerative med
Julio Frenk on healthcare reform Creative solutions to healthcare
James Moody on malnutrition Using science to tackle malnutrition
Ideas for tackling malnutrition How to feed the world
GAVI, a global success Immunisation worldwide 

Workplace Wellness Alliance http://www.weforum.org/issues/workplace-wellness-alliance/index.html

Mark Foster on Workplace Health
Peter Piot on workplace health 
Martin Sorrell on Workplace
Jan Malek, Cisco, health innovation  

mHealth http://www.weforum.org/issues/mhealth/index.html

Michael E Porter Using innovation in healthcare
Michael Hedges on mobile health The changing face of healthcare 
Tanya Mounier, Health Handbook How healthcare is changing 
George Poste, mobile healthcare How technology impacts healthcare 
Andrew Schiermeier, Medicine in Need The need for new drugs

Global Health http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-health/index.html

Christopher Murray A new paradigm for healthcare
Patricia Woertz Global healthcare: the industry outlook
Mark Foster Global health awareness is rising
Krista Thompson VP, Global Health
Reggie Van Lee Partnerships in global healthcare

Innovative healthcare delivery models
 http://www.weforum.org/issues/innovative-healthcare-delivery-models/index.html

Steinberg, mobile healthcare The mobile health opportunity
Angela McLean, Drug Resistance Drug resistance and the global commons
Andrew Schiermeier, Medicine in Need The need for new drugs
George Poste, mobile healthcare How technology impacts healthcare
Tanya Mounier, Health Handbook How healthcare is changing
 

A Charter for Health Data http://www.weforum.org/issues/charter-health-data/index.html

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[EQ] When Do We Know Enough to Recommend Action on the Social Determinants of Health?

When Do We Know Enough to Recommend Action on the Social Determinants of Health?

Paula A. Braveman, , Susan A. Egerter, Steven H. Woolf,  James S. Marks
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco (Braveman, Egerter), San Francisco, California; the Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University (Woolf), Richmond, Virginia; and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Marks), Princeton, New Jersey

Am J Prev Med 2011;40(1S1):S58–S66 - 2011 American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Website: http://bit.ly/gWr6i7

“………..The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America was charged to identify strategies beyond medical care to address health disparities in the U.S. related to social and economic disadvantage.

 

Based on insights gained while providing scientifıc support for the commission’s efforts, this paper presents an overview of major issues that arise when assessing evidence to inform policies and programs to address the social determinants of health. While many of the insights are not new, they have not been widely assimilated within medicine and public health. They have particular relevance now, given growing awareness of the important health influences of social factors.

 

The discussion presented here is intended to highlight key considerations for researchers who study social determinants of health and policymakers whose decisions are shaped by research fındings. Policies should be based on the best available knowledge, derived from diverse sources and methods.

An array of tools and guidelines is now available to guide the assessment of evidence on the social determinants of health, building on—and going beyond—principles fırst articulated in the “Evidence-Based Medicine” movement.

The central thesis of the current paper is that the standards for evidence to guide social policies must be equally rigorous but also more comprehensive than those traditionally used to inform clinical interventions, because social policies must deal with upstream factors that affect health through complex causal pathways over potentially long time periods….”

 

Broadening the Focus: The Need to Address the Social Determinants of Health  

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 40, Issue 1, Supplement 1, January 2011, Pages S4-S18

Paula A. Braveman, Susan A. Egerter, Robin E. Mockenhaupt

Website: http://bit.ly/i6RG63

 

“…..While ensuring that individuals have access to appropriate medical care and information about health-promoting behaviors remains important, effective solutions also will require a broader focus on the contexts that powerfully shape both health behaviors and health itself. Much remains to be learned about which strategies are most effective, but current knowledge is suffıcient to indicate promising directions….”

 

Commission publications: http://www.commissiononhealth.org/Publications.aspx

 

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[EQ] Presentation: Chronic Disease: the real epidemic [Links PDF English - Spanish - Portuguese]

PAHO/WHO Guest Speaker Lecture on Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Prof. Robert A. Spasoff, Emeritus Professor, Ottawa University, Epidemiology & Community Medicine
Title:  Chronic Disease: the real epidemic - Wednesday 26 January 2011 - Washington DC

Presentation - PDF file
English link Chronic Disease: the Real Epidemic http://bit.ly/ffDbn7	Spanish Link Enfermedad Crónica: la Verdadera Epidemia http://bit.ly/ijyFMm	Portuguese link Doença Crônica: A Epidemia Real http://bit.ly/fhWBqN

 

Use the links below to watch the Elluminate – online recorded session in::

Spanish:  http://bit.ly/f6ZZmo
English:  http://bit.ly/fRJqw0

 

Agenda
Welcome Remarks. Dr. Marcos Antonio Espinal. Manager, Health Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control, PAHO/WHO

Lecture by Dr. Robert Spasoff; Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Community Medicine; Ottawa University
Chronic Disease: the real epidemic

Discussion; Moderator Dr. James Hospedales, Project Coordinator, Prevention & Control of Chronic Diseases, PAHO

 Contact:  email - Dr. Oscar Mujica mujicaos@paho.org

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